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Diary, 1907, of trip to West Virginia

by: Preble, Edward Alexander, 1871-1957

Publication date: 1907

Topics: United States. Bureau of Biological Survey, Ornithology, United States, West Virginia, Webster Springs, Elk Mountain

Collection: biodiversity; fieldnotesclir2016

Contributor: Smithsonian Institution Archives

Language: English

Item Size: 4.8M

The diary documents Edward Preble's trip to West Virginia in July of 1907, a trip that was requested by President Theodore Roosevelt of the United States Biological Survey to investigate recent sightings of passenger pigeons. Includes list of interviewed individuals, observations of vegetation and terrain of locations where spotted; and observed wildlife. Includes locations in the vicinity of Webster Springs and Elk Mountain. Includes a list of expenses. Most of the notebook is blank

The diary documents Edward Preble's trip to West Virginia in July of 1907, a trip that was requested by President Theodore Roosevelt of the United States Biological Survey to investigate recent sightings of passenger pigeons. Includes list of interviewed individuals, observations of vegetation and terrain of locations where spotted; and observed wildlife. Includes locations in the vicinity of Webster Springs and Elk Mountain. Includes a list of expenses. Most of the notebook is blank

Abstract: The diary documents Edward Preble's trip to West Virginia in July of 1907, a trip that was requested by President Theodore Roosevelt of the United States Biological Survey to investigate recent sightings of passenger pigeons. Includes list of interviewed individuals, observations of vegetation and terrain of locations where spotted; and observed wildlife. Includes locations in the vicinity of Webster Springs and Elk Mountain. Includes a list of expenses. Most of the notebook is blank.